Examining Emotional Closeness and Its Impact on Emotion Attribution and Parochial Empathy Using Explicit and Implicit Measures

This data dictionary provides detailed descriptions of three datasets collected at different stages of the research. The first dataset corresponds to the pilot study, which was conducted to examine how the target population perceives emotions. These data include an initial assessment of how participants categorize and interpret emotions, helping to refine the design of the main study.The second and third datasets contain the raw data from the main study, which consists of two separate investigations. The first study focuses on explicit evaluations of emotions and empathic responses. This dataset includes variables related to the attribution of emotions to friends and foes, as well as self-reported empathy levels. The second study employs implicit methods, such as the Implicit Association Test (IAT), to explore unconscious processes in emotion attribution and empathic responses.This dictionary provides precise definitions for all variables across these three datasets, including variable names, possible values, and additional explanations regarding their usage. This documentation ensures that researchers can accurately interpret the data structure, conduct analyses with greater precision, and enhance the reproducibility of the study.